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Carrying Joseph’s Cross
September 11, 2008I remember when Joseph was in the womb. It was about four and a half years ago, when a young woman, whose name is Gillian, announced that she was pregnant. She was a cataloguer in the library where I work, and for the next few months, her tummy grew rounder. She left the job to […]
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Getting There
September 11, 2008When the novice directors from our order were recently here for a series of meetings, we took a ride into Atlanta to visit the Martin Luther King Memorial. I had never been there before. I was an assigned driver, and one of the sisters had used MapQuest to secure the exact directions. They worked fine […]
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Navigating The Political Season With Faith
September 11, 2008Labor Day has come and gone. The official end of summer (someone needs to inform nature) gives way to the change of seasons. Those “lazy, hazy, crazy” days of barefoot, lemonade and sleeping late have been replaced by falling leaves, a real breakfast and shouts of “it’s time to get up for school!” This year […]
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Holy Spirit Victorious In Home Opener
September 11, 2008Playing its football games at Morgan Falls Park this year, the Holy Spirit Preparatory football team won its first game of the season in impressive fashion with a 37-6 win over Dawson Street Christian of LaGrange. Holy Spirit’s defense led the charge, scoring the team’s first points on a safety when freshman Andy Moots tackled […]
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Deacon Loris Sinanian Retires As Formation Director
September 11, 2008For Deacon Loris Sinanian, “a good parent gives his children roots and then gives them wings to fly.” A father to “the band of brothers” whose vocations to the diaconate he has nurtured over more than a decade, Deacon Sinanian recalled “the wonderful journey” he has had as formation director for the archdiocesan diaconate program, […]
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National Text Guides Changes In Atlanta Diaconate
September 11, 2008The Archdiocese of Atlanta has taken a proactive, leadership role in implementing the U.S. bishops’ National Directory for the Formation, Ministry and Life of Permanent Deacons for the diaconate program here. After completing an internal self-study, the diocese in 2008 became the first in the country to invite a national evaluation team in to make […]
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Deacon Steve Swope Named To Formation Post
September 11, 2008Deacon Steve Swope has been named the new associate director of formation for permanent deacons in the Archdiocese of Atlanta. He succeeds Deacon Loris Sinanian, who has retired after overseeing men preparing to become deacons for the last 10 years. The transition is part of a larger one for the permanent diaconate office, headed by […]
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Assembly Brings Priests Together For Renewal
September 11, 2008Priests and bishops of the Atlanta province, including the dioceses of Charleston, Charlotte, Raleigh and Savannah, convened at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis on Aug. 25-27 for renewal and continuing formation. Some 135 priests and three bishops attended the event, which originated about 20 years ago and has served as an annual tradition of gathering for […]
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Teachers Mass Honors Over 1,000 Years Of Service
September 11, 2008More than 1,200 years of combined teaching experience were commemorated on Tuesday, Sept. 2, as teachers from Catholic schools all across the Archdiocese of Atlanta came together at St. Pius X High School for the second annual Office of Catholic Schools employee recognition Mass and in-service. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory led the liturgy for the […]
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Dr. Charles R. Stearns Remembered For Generous Life
September 11, 2008Described as a true “Renaissance man,” Dr. Charles Radford Stearns was a dentist who touched hearts with his generosity, compassion, humor and faith as he worked perfecting the smiles of priests and religious, along with a host of other patients from across metro Atlanta. Dr. Stearns died Sunday, Aug. 31, at the age of 67 […]